Viyahapannatti 15.649

15.649

tae ṇaṃ samaṇe bhagavaṃ mahāvīre gosālaṃ maṃkhaliputtaṃ evaṃ vayāsī–gosālā! se jahānāmae teṇae siyā, gāmellaehiṃ parabbhamāṇe-parabbhamāṇe kattha ya gaḍḍaṃ vā dariṃ vā duggaṃ vā ninnaṃ vā pavvayaṃ vā visamaṃ vā aṇassādemāṇe egeṇaṃ mahaṃ uṇṇālomeṇa vā saṇalomeṇa vā kappāsapamheṇa vā taṇasūeṇa vā attāṇaṃ āvarettāṇaṃ ciṭṭhejjā, se ṇaṃ aṇāvarie āvariyamiti appāṇaṃ maṇṇai, appacchaṇṇe ya pacchaṇṇamiti appāṇaṃ maṇṇai, aṇilukke ṇilukkamiti appāṇaṃ maṇṇai, apalāe palāyamiti appāṇaṃ maṇṇai, evāmeva tumaṃ pi gosālā! ananne saṃte annamiti appāṇaṃ upalabhasi, taṃ mā evaṃ gosālā! nārihasi gosālā! sacceva te sā chāyā no annā|

Then the ascetic, the Lord Mahāvīra, said to Gośāla Maṅkhaliputra: “Gośāla! Just as if there were a thief who, being pursued round and round by villagers, unable to find any pit, cave, fortress, depression, mountain, or rugged place, might stand covering himself with a single large strand of wool, a strand of hemp, a flake of cotton, or a blade of grass; though uncovered, he thinks himself covered; though unconcealed, he thinks himself concealed; though unhidden, he thinks himself hidden; though not escaped, he thinks himself escaped—even so, Gośāla, though you are not another, you present yourself as another! Therefore, do not do so, Gośāla! It does not befit you, Gośāla! You are indeed that very same form, none other.”